Chronicling the life and experiences of a shepherd in Western Colorado.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Candace's First Lambs

Yes, I am a keeper!

"Lord it's hard to be humble... but I'm doin' the best that I can."

What do you mean, it's supposed to snow?!

Candace is a Carryhouse R1 daughter out of Starkey Spring, who was Morlea x David Firth bred. Morlea Ebony Boy 1907/N74 was the highest indexing Sire Reference Scheme ram born in 1998. That with the old Canadian Firth genetics seems to have made a solid, easy keeping ewe that milks well, but is kind of short and dumpy. The Carryhouse R1 and Beeston T70 infusion has styled them up, brought them up off the ground, added tremendous milking ability and added more fleece weight.

~And a BIG thank you to Margaret and Cindy for giving me the extra nudge to buy Ward Moor-Kirk and Kelly for selling him to me. Kirk's been the best investment I've made so far for this flock. I look forward to the impact his progeny will have here. xo

About Me

For your daily dose of sheep geek and wool freak!
Raising Bluefaced Leicester and old hill-type Shetland sheep in the Colorado High Desert. We operate an integrated lamb and wool production outfit with all of our wool being processed in our family mill, and our premium quality, grass-finished lamb (almost organic) through farmers' markets, direct sales to restaurants and to friends and neighbors.
I am blazingly anti-NAIS, SFCP, or any other USDA mechanism for the control of our domestic food and fiber production. Socialism hasn't worked anywhere else in the world, and we're mad off our rockers to expect different results here.